The risk of death did rise by 18% to 108% for most people with BMI levels higher than 27.5, Visaria said, with risk rising as weight increased in a U-shaped curve.
So this headline really should read:
Being a little overweight may not be associated with early death (but being quite overweight, obese, or extremely obese is), study says.
I think what most people call overweight is obese, so clinically overweight might be ok?
But only slightly
So this headline really should read:
What an absolute nothingburger of a news story.
What an absolute nothingburger of a news story.All of cnneek why all that ugly formatting? I was only trying to quote.
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